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Profile of Student Attitudes subsections -
Classes / Activities / Community participation / College plans / Tolerance and Knowledge of First Amendment / Student - Teacher - Principal - Adult differences / Freedom of speech / Freedom of press / First Amendment education /
Understanding of the Law / Trust in journalists / Sources of news

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A Profile of Student Attitudes

Trust in journalists:  

Overall, high school students seem to be less trusting of journalists than teachers. While just 62 percent of students think journalists tell the truth all or some of the time, 83 percent of teachers think they do. Still, just 4 percent of both students and teachers believe journalists tell the truth all of the time. When we take a look at certain groups of students we see a very different trend. Students who participate in student newspapers (13 percent) and students who are high on the Activity Participation Index* (17 percent) are more likely to believe that journalists tell the truth all of the time. Still, overall, teachers have more trust in journalists to tell the truth than students.

How much do you trust journalists to tell the truth? Do you believe they tell the truth...

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